#40240C#40240C

#40240C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.056 H 58.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40240C
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 12)
HSL	hsl(28, 68%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(28, 81%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 81.2%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.36, 10.84, 20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.36, 23.20, 62.13°)
OKLab	oklab(29.16% 0.0292 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(29.16% 0.056 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.8118, 2.3786, 0.6588)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40240C #0C2840

analogous

#400C0E #40240C #403E0C

triadic

#40240C #0C4024 #240C40

tetradic

#40240C #0E400C #0C2840 #3E0C40

square

#40240C #0E400C #0C2840 #3E0C40

split-complementary

#40240C #0C403E #0C0E40

monochromatic

#1A0E05 #1A0E05 #40240C #744116 #A75E1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.23

#40240C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#40240C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40240C

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40240C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40240C	1.00	14.23	1.48	14.23
#FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#471E1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40240c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.056 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785e4c',
    500: '#40240c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40240c;
$custom-light: #785e4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40240c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2916,
    "c": 0.05569,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40240C

secondary

#2C577C

accent

#9BEB3D

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#090401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #40240C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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